#transitiontown — Public Fediverse posts
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If you are working to bring about change in your local area - and your council is a part of the picture, don't miss the latest sessions in our Working with Councils series.
Join our deep dives on 6 and 13 February when these experienced change-makers will share what they've learned:🛠 On Tues 6 Feb, Cristiano Bottone (Muncipalities in Transition and Transition Italia) shares the brilliant *Local Transformation Toolkit* he created.
🛠 On Tues 13 Feb, Frances Northrop (NEF Associate Fellow and Totnes Community Development Society) explores the different ways to bring change with our councils: campaigning, policy, practice and culture.
All welcome to attend! Details for these and our other Spring events: https://transitiontogether.org.uk/events/
#localCouncil #localauthority #community #SystemChange #campaign #transitiontown
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Two years ago, Transition group Zero Carbon Guildford moved into a former New Look high street store and transformed it into a buzzing community climate hub.
Volunteers set up a library of things, community fridge, zero waste shop, baby clothes library, business network and a vertical farm growing salad crops.
They ran cinema, quiz and open mic nights, a food waste feast along the high street, and a climate conversation group.They trained energy advisors and citizen scientists to test the local river’s water quality, and hosted dozens of groups from other communities who wanted to create a hub just like theirs.
In two years, they reckon their projects have saved a whooping 583 tonnes of CO2 emissions from their community.
It shows how people who are concerned can come together, and have a real, tangible impact and engage whole new audiences with some volunteer power and a meantime space. It’s why they won innovative UK climate project in the Climate Coalition’s annual awards this year.
Now their lease is up, and they want to take Zero Carbon Guildford to a new home and the next level. They’ve set up a crowdfunder, hoping to find out what they could achieve with great capacity and a more permanent space.
Find out more and their advice for anyone else setting up a similar community climate hub: https://transitiontogether.org.uk/building-community-action-through-climate-hubs/
#climatehub #communityhub #guildford #libraryofthings #zerocarbon #babylibrary #communityfridge #zerowastecafe #terracycle #citizenscience #climatecoalition #communityaction #transitiontown #crowdfunder
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"Become community sufficient", rather than self sufficient...
With thanks to our friends at Community Roots Permaculture Project up in Bolton for their important edits!
Transition groups are focused on what we can do together, as communities, rather than what we do as individuals.
No matter how committed, energetic, well-informed we might be, to reimagine and rebuild our future, we need to work together; to consider everyone's needs, not just our own...
Plus, it's a lot more joyful and a lot less exhausting than trying to do it on your own. Join in!
#selfsufficient #selfsufficientliving #growyourown #community #communityresilience #transitiontown #simpleliving #climateaction #togetherwecan #zerowaste #greenliving
